Financial markets are prone to knee-jerk reactions, which means currency investors often overreact to geopolitical events. To navigate the choppy waters, Steven Englander, global head of G-10 FX research at Standard Chartered, offered a few things investors should keep in mind.

Over the past 18 months, investors have had to deal with “short term bursts of volatility [that] have been difficult for investors to manage,” Englander said.